Townhall with Alexia D'Arco - YPFP President

Posted by Katherine Kokkinos on April 24, 2018

We are delighted to welcome Alexia D'Arco, YPFP's global President, to New York onTuesday May 1to speak with our members. Alexia has served as President since December 2017 bringing tremendous experience, a renewed energy, and fresh ideas to YPFP's strategy and operations.

This is a great opportunity to ask all and any questions you have about the vision for YPFP in the coming years, the group's near and long-term priorities, how we are working to improve the membership experience, and anything else that you have been reflecting on during your time with YPFP.

Over the past ten years Alexia's career has spanned three continents and a variety of professional roles centered around foreign policy and higher education, including several years working in Japan and Germany.

Alexia has worked for the State Department political-military affairs team at Embassy Tokyo and the office of the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan covering security assistance, defence cooperation, counterterrorism, and planning for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear incidents. She received a superior individual honor award and a group honor award for her contribution to the US negotiating strategy to reopen the NATO supply lines in Pakistan.

She has worked at The Scowcroft Group, the National War College, and as a teaching assistant for former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. She previously served as Executive Assistant to Fred Kempe, President and CEO of the Atlantic Council. More recently she spent two years as a Program Development Consultant for the TOMODACHI Initiative, a $34 million public-private partnerships to develop bilateral youth programs between the US and Japan.

Alexia is a former Fulbright Scholar, Presidential Management Fellow, and US Chamber of Commerce Foundation 'Hiring our Heroes' Corporate Fellow. She is currently a Security Fellow at the Truman National Security Project, a Senior Advisor at the Frontier Design Group, and an Adjunct at the University of Memphis. She holds an MA in Security Studies from Georgetown University and is a graduate of Dartmouth College.